Cookies Search Results: _ga

About this cookie:

This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners.

The main purpose of this cookie is: Performance

Key numbers for _ga:

Cookies with this name have been found on 82,299websites, set by 79,087host domains.

It has been found as a First Party cookie on 101,940 websites and a Third Party cookie on 30,116 websites.

It has been found as a Persistent cookie on 131,824websites, with an average life span of 38,847 days.

It has been found as a Session cookie on 232 websites.

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